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Open problems in astronomy that an amateur (with a PhD in some other field) would have a chance of solving?

What are some open problems in astronomy that an amateur would have a chance of solving? Suppose the amateur has a PhD in some other field, owns a basic telescope, a set of filters, diffraction ...
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To show perihelion precession motion of Mercury in Python with matplotlib

I'm trying to make it more general code so I can trace even a parabola or hyperbola for $e=1, E=0$ and $e>1, E>0$ respectively. And after achieving that general code I want to make the same code ...
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How does a planet-sized robot standing on a planet affect its gravity? [closed]

I originally asked this at the sci-fi exchange but was told it was off-topic as it was about real-world science. Here is a picture of Unicron standing on top of the planet Cybertron, as written by ...
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